5 Questions
Who is credited with inventing the first microscope?
Hans and Zacharias Janssen
Where did Hans Lippershey settle and make spectacles, binoculars, and microscopes?
Middelburg, Holland
When was the first microscope invented?
1500s
Who is most famous for filing the first patent for a telescope in the 1570s?
Hans Lippershey
What principle of optics was already known by the 1200s?
Magnification
Test your knowledge on the history of the first microscope and its inventors in this Week 1 Microbiology quiz. Explore the intriguing theories surrounding the creation of this groundbreaking scientific instrument.
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